The salary statements sector for the main transformation was set with the growth of artificial intelligence adoption: MHR study

The salary industry is about to develop a major development, with 73 % of salary specialists predicts that artificial intelligence will play a pivotal role in forming a job over the next year, according to a recent study by MHR.

MHR is equipped with the UK for human resource programs, salary statements, and financing.

The results, published in the 2025 MHR report entitled “The Future is Payroll”, with National salary week (1-5 September 2025).

The report highlights the increasing optimism surrounding the potential of artificial intelligence, as well as the increasing concern about the risk of knees in technological developments.

The report indicates that more than half (52 %) of salary lists have already seen a major impact of artificial intelligence in their work over the past year.

but; Despite the overcoming of the development of salary statements, the report reveals an intuitive trend: relying on minimum and secondary operations in management.

Specifically, the use of data schedules to process salary statements increased from 30 % to 63 % on an annual basis, while manual data entry increased from 35 % to 50 %.

In addition, the duplicity of regulations escalated to 55 %.

While salary professionals are keen to adopt new solutions to reduce their work burden, 46 % realize that artificial intelligence can significantly reduce errors, they face noticeable challenges.

Fears about data security have been expressed by 48 % of the respondents, and 38 % indicated a lack of skills or training in adopting artificial intelligence as a barrier. These challenges may contribute to increasing dependence on manual processes.

More importantly, the report reveals that 88 % of salary lists believe that their companies need to invest more in order to achieve the interest of salary statements.

“The salaries are facing a paradox. Companies embrace Amnesty International, yet employees are still spending hours in manual data. The increase in manual processes is the depletion of salary professionals and limiting what they can achieve,” said Anton Row.

“They are calling for new ways to work. Business leaders are responsible for providing salary teams to reform the heavy operations of the official who are currently working with, which jumped to the Payroll Top Challenge menu that you face this year.”

“Entrepreneurs must now behave for the Unknown salary championships. They need to communicate their employees’ willingness to change with technology and skills needed to cancel the potential of the full salary sector. But they should remember artificial intelligence not to repair everything and think about improving work methods and harnessing the full ability to invest in salaries.